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A Symposium on Popular Songs

1962 animated short film directed by Bill Justice
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Summary

A Symposium on Popular Songs is an animated short film[1]. It draws 171 Wikipedia views per month (animated short film category, ranking #176 of 1,467).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Bill Justice[3]
  • Screenwriter: Xavier Atencio[4]
  • Composer: Richard M. Sherman[5], Robert B. Sherman[6]
  • Genre: musical film[7], comedy film[8]
  • Producer: Walt Disney[9]
  • Production company: Walt Disney Productions[10]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[11]
  • Language of work or name: English[12]
  • Country of origin: United States[13]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1962[14]
  • Voice actor: Paul Frees[15]
  • Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[16]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[17]
  • Title: A Symposium on Popular Songs[18]
  • Duration: 20 minutes[19]
  • Fabrication method: traditional animation[20], stop-motion[21]
  • Film crew member: Richard M. Sherman[22], Robert B. Sherman[23]

Why It Matters

A Symposium on Popular Songs is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . bcdb.com. Retrieved . bcdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] ↑ . bcdb.com. Retrieved . bcdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imported from → —
    Film crew member → Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
    Language of work or name → English
    Screenwriter → Xavier Atencio
    + 42 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W067698, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
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